Ukraine has registered 4,288 new cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. on Jan. 11, bringing the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic to 1,119,314.
In the past 24 hours, 4,819 patients have recovered and 68 have died.
A total of 796,417 patients have recovered and 19,835 have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the pandemic.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian laboratories have carried out 12,043 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and 4,018 antibody tests. Over 5.7 million PCR tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic.
Ukraine’s daily new COVID-19 cases and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, the most accurate way of diagnosing the novel coronavirus, between Dec. 1, 2020 and Jan. 10, 2021.
The largest numbers of new cases have been recorded in Zaporizhia Oblast (458), the city of Kyiv (371), Kyiv Oblast (365), Odesa Oblast (312) and Mykolaiv Oblast (293).
The Ministry of Healthcare imposed a lockdown from Jan. 8 through Jan. 24 when it expects the burden on the country’s hospitals to increase due to COVID-19 and flu cases. The lockdown shuts down all but essential businesses. Pharmacies, grocery stores, gas stations, banks, postal operators, public transport, domestic/international travel and hotels are unaffected.
Ukraine’s daily COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries from Dec. 1, 2020 to Jan. 10, 2021. All data were released by the Ministry of Health.
Here’s a full list of businesses that will be closed.
On Dec. 30, the President’s Office stated that Ukraine’s Ministry of Health has signed a contract for the country to receive 1.9 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech “in the shortest possible term.” Each dose will be purchased for Hr 504 (just under $18).
